Leviticus 13
1 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron,
saying,
2 When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a
scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the
plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the
priest, or unto one of his sons the priests:
3 And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the
flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the
plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a
plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and
pronounce him unclean.
4 If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in
sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not
turned white; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the
plague seven days:
5 And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold,
if the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread
not in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days
more:
6 And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and,
behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not
in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a
scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
7 But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he
hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen
of the priest again:
8 And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the
skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a
leprosy.
9 When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be
brought unto the priest;
10 And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be
white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there
be quick raw flesh in the rising;
11 It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest
shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is
unclean.
12 And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy
cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even
to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh;
13 Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy
have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that
hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean.
14 But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.
15 And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to
be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy.
16 Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he
shall come unto the priest;
17 And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the plague be
turned into white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that
hath the plague: he is clean.
18 ¶ The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a
boil, and is healed,
19 And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a
bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the
priest;
20 And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower
than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest
shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out
of the boil.
21 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white
hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be
somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
22 And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest
shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.
23 But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it
is a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
24 Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot
burning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright
spot, somewhat reddish, or white;
25 Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair
in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper
than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning:
wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the
plague of leprosy.
26 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white
hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin,
but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven
days:
27 And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it
be spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall
pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
28 And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in
the skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning,
and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an
inflammation of the burning.
29 If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;
30 Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in
sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin
hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry
scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard.
31 And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and,
behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there
is no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up him that
hath the plague of the scall seven days:
32 And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague:
and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there be in it no
yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the skin;
33 He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the
priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more:
34 And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall:
and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in
sight deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him
clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
35 But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing;
36 Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall
be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair;
he is unclean.
37 But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is
black hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean:
and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
38 ¶ If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh
bright spots, even white bright spots;
39 Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots
in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled
spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean.
40 And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet
is he clean.
41 And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head
toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean.
42 And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white
reddish sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his
bald forehead.
43 Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising
of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald
forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh;
44 He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce
him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head.
45 And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be
rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his
upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.
46 All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be
defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp
shall his habitation be.
47 ¶ The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether
it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment;
48 Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen;
whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin;
49 And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in
the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of
skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the
priest:
50 And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that
hath the plague seven days:
51 And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the
plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the
woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the
plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean.
52 He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in
woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is:
for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.
53 And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not
spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in
any thing of skin;
54 Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein
the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more:
55 And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is
washed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his colour,
and the plague be not spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it
in the fire; it is fret inward, whether it be bare within or
without.
56 And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat
dark after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the
garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the
woof:
57 And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or
in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a spreading plague:
thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire.
58 And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of
skin it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from
them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be
clean.
59 This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of
woollen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of
skins, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.